Dennis “Dent” Morgan, 84, of Phil Campbell, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2024, peacefully at his home.
Visitation will be Friday, May 10 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM with service to immediately follow. Both will be held at Pinkard funeral home in Russellville. Darryl Whitehead will officiate. Burial will be in East Franklin Cemetery.
Dent was happily retired from Reynolds Aluminum where he worked for 34 years. He was an upstanding man in his community and attended Pleasant Hill Church where he was a lifelong member.
He was an amazing husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. You could find him every morning on his way to the store in his new Ford Maverick. He rarely missed a cattle sale at the North Alabama Livestock Auction, where he was well known and respected.
Dent loved nothing more than to watch someone work, and to tell them how it was supposed to be done, because he was Boss and we all knew it.
Dent was preceded in death by his parents, WR “Speedy” Morgan and Ellie Mae Trapp Morgan; brother, Norman Morgan; sister, Faye Swinney; daughter, Tamla Morgan Whitten; wife, Joyce Morgan; great-granddaughter, Molly Ann Whitten.
He is survived by spouse, Fayrene Stehno Morgan; children, Tebra Morgan; son-in-law, Rickey Whitten; grandchildren, Brent Whitten (Ciara), Brady Whitten (Caroline), Blake Whitten, Haley Bass (Hunter Lewey), and Ryan Rackard; great-grandchildren, Jayden, Ross, Ila, Hendrix, Hadley; stepchildren, Tim Stehno, Teresa Claunch (Todd), as well as seven stepgrandchildren and 17 stepgreat-grandchildren.
